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1. #CERVICAL CHECK: Terminally-ill cancer patient Emma Mich Mhathúna has criticised the government during an appearance on The Late Late Show.
2. #DARKNESS TO LIGHT: Thousands of people across the country have been taking part in Pieta House’s 10th annual walk to raise awareness of suicide and mental health.
3. #LOUTH: A fire caused extensive damage at St Louis’s Secondary School in Dundalk overnight, RTÉ reports.
4. #SUMMIT: The US will help rebuild North Korea’s economy if it agrees to give up its nuclear weapons, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said according to the BBC.
5. #COURTS: A cocaine addict who agreed to move “lethal” ammunition and guns for “dangerous people” he owed a €50,000 drug debt to has been jailed.
6. #MAGHERALIN: A 25-year-old pedestrian has died after being struck by a car in Co Down.
7. #FLUSHED: The government has no plans as yet to ban wet wipes despite a plan by the UK to phase them out amid environmental concerns.
8. #IN BLUE: Leinster are taking on Parisian outfit Racing 92 in the final of European rugby’s premier club competition the Champions Cup in Bilbao later today.
9. #EUROVISION: Ireland have shot from rank outsiders to one of the favourites for tonight’s Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon.
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